It has really proved its value this week though. We are at a THS at Brailes where the mobile phone signal varies between H and H+ on 3 (nothing on O2 or EE) so OK for voice/text but not data. The Mifi with aerial, though, is pulling in a 4G signal on 3

I have one of those but it seems to have virtually stopped working since it melted a bit in the sun!
JJ

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Are you sure you didn't use it a place mat for a hot Frey Bentos? ;-)

If you can send me your address via PM, I'll get you a new one out via Airmail as I know you're out in Portugal right now? (I think I offered to replace it previously, but I guess you've not been back to the UK since then).

I have the roof mounted one and now get a 3g signal at home where I normally have no mobile signal and have to walk between 50m to 300m up the track to get a poor mobile signal to hopefully receive a text.
Didn't believe I would get any signal at home - very impressed.

Just wondering. Doesn't the mimo element meant that you can pick up and broadcast on the two frequencies (is it 2.5 and 5?). To do that obviously you need to use both antenna leads into a device that has two ports for antenna. If you only used one (in a device with only one input) am I right in thinking that I would get the same performance but only across one wavelength?

Looking at the lead back to the mifi it still seems to depend on loose friction fit connectors, we have issues with ours falling out when moving, or sometimes if just nudged on the dash board, it would be better if they screwed in

Looking at the lead back to the mifi it still seems to depend on loose friction fit connectors, we have issues with ours falling out when moving, or sometimes if just nudged on the dash board, it would be better if they screwed in

I'd not want one in my home, never mind the confines of my motorhome as they are unregulated, you don't know what you're getting or what it's outputting, but that is just my personal view.

The exception to this is either a network specific femtocell (eg Vodafone Suresignal which doesn't 'boost' but connects mobile phones via a houses broadband via a phoneline). These have largely been superseded by things like 'WiFi Calling' in the latest iPhone and Andorid devices which EE use to basically do the same thing - divert calls over WiFi.

Just wondering. Doesn't the mimo element meant that you can pick up and broadcast on the two frequencies (is it 2.5 and 5?). To do that obviously you need to use both antenna leads into a device that has two ports for antenna. If you only used one (in a device with only one input) am I right in thinking that I would get the same performance but only across one wavelength?

Dick

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As we're talking cellular, we're talking 698-960 / 1700-2700 Mhz (de-tuned for 2.4Ghz) rather than 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz which is WiFi. The MIMO means you have antenna diversity (two antennas), cross polarized (pointing in different directions) and the device is deriving increased capacity from this method. MIMO stands for Multiple Input, Multiple Output. If we're talking about connecting to both 2.4Ghz/5Ghz WiFi that would be dual band.

Looking at the lead back to the mifi it still seems to depend on loose friction fit connectors, we have issues with ours falling out when moving, or sometimes if just nudged on the dash board, it would be better if they screwed in not sure if ours is 3G or 4G but the connectors look the same

edit - when in contact with each other we get excellent reception

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If TS9 (E5372, E5577), you can tighten them up with a pair of needle nose pliers. The connectors are sacrificial so if stress is placed on the cable, the connectors deform rather than pass the stress onto the device - potentially damaging it.

They shouldn't 'drop out' - if they do, get in touch with us. We always carry replacements at the shows if necessary and you can order them from us if you want some replacements or spares if anyone ever needs any.